Code Book

Burgundy: Dummy for whether diocese-year is in the Kingdom of Burgundy

Concordats: Dummy for whether a diocese-year is covered by a Concordat

byearin: Year a bishop was consecrated

calories: dummy for whether diocese was above or below median caloric potential prior to 1100

city_5_fixed: dummy for whether a diocese had a city of at least 5,000 inhabitants prior to 1100

city_10_fixed: dummy for whether a diocese had a city of at least 10,000 inhabitants prior to 1100

city_5_fixed: dummy for whether a diocese had a city of at least 15,000 inhabitants prior to 1100

country: Modern country in which a diocese is located

covered: Dummy for whether the diocese is ever covered by a Concordat

crusadei (for i = 1-4): Dummy variables for whether crusade i passed through diocese in that year

 diff_pop: difference between largest city size in a diocese after the Concordats and largest city size in a diocese before the Concordats
 
 diocese: name of dioceses (string)
 
 diocese_count: a counter indicating how many observations for that diocese there have been up to that point. So the first year a diocese is observed, diocese_count =1 and for each subsequent year it increases by 1. 
 
 grid_group_400: indicator variable for which 400 km^2 grid cell a diocese is in
 
 iddiocese: indicator for diocese (numeric) 
 
 kingdom_id: indicator for what kingdom a diocese-year is in
 
 kmtorome: distance of diocese to rome
 
 latitude, longitude: location of diocese seat in lat and long
 
maxyear: the last year for which the affiliation of a bishop in the diocese is observed in the data set

minyear: the first year for which the affiliation of a bishop in the diocese is observed in the data set

monarch_id: indicator for identity of monarch for diocese-year

name_cleaned: name of bishop for diocese_year

religious_bishop: dummy variable for whether the diocese's bishop is church (1) or lay (0) aligned

trade_fixed: dummy variable for whether the diocese was on a trade route prior to 1100

year: the year


 
 